Hungry elephants have gone on the rampage in eastern Thailand, ransacking villagers’ plantations and forcing sugarcane trucks to stop so they can raid their goods, a report said yesterday. Dry-season shortages have forced the 130 elephants from Ang Lue Nai wildlife sanctuary, which sprawls over five provinces, to seek food and water in nearby settlements, the sanctuary’s chief Yoo Senatham told the Bangkok Post.
Yoo said the elephants had learned to pick up sugarcane dropped by drivers who took pity on them, but that the practice had taught them dangerous new habits. He told the daily of incidents where the leader of the herd had stood in the road to block the vehicle while the others unloaded the produce with their trunks.
Remember the Special Forces elephant story a couple of weeks ago? These guys seem to have mastered the ambush portion of the handbook. |